Got To Keep The Loonies On The Path

Think of
how stupid
the average person is,
and then realize
half of them
are stupider than that.
--George Carlin



Dark Side of the Rainbow **: The Great Gig in the Sky / Money

A young man sees a terribly venomous snake in his small village. Nervous, he watches the snake carefully until it leaves.The young man follows the snake into the forest.
He clears the branches out of its path and helps it over obstacles. He even works to keep it fed. Many nights pass and still the young man continues to follow the snake. He even follows it into the sands of the great desert.
In the desert, the snake eventually grows hungry.
It turns and bites the young man, its poison quickly working its way into his system. Finally curious, the snake looks at the boy as he lays dying and asks, Why were you foolish enough to follow me all the way out into the desert? The boy looks back and replies, Did I follow you? I thought I was leading you away from everyone else... And then he died.
--Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Brain Damage / Eclipse **


I personally believe that U. S. Americans are unable to [locate the U. S. on a world map] because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should—our education over here in the U. S. should help the U. S., uh, or, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our children.
--Caitlin Upton
Miss Teen USA contestant, 2007

Mit der dummheit kämpfen
götter selbst vergebens.
--Friedrich Schiller

Against stupidity
the very gods themselves
contend in vain.